Mitch is 23 years old, the original Praxis participant, and Vice President of Authority Marketing at Advantage Media Group in Charleston, SC. Most of all, Mitch is a proud College Opt Out. He went from moving to Detroit by himself, being kicked out by his roommate, and having no money to rent elsewhere at the end of 2012... to making six figures within 2 1/2 years, living in beautiful Charleston.
Chandler is the author of 5 bestselling books including “Book Launch” and his most recent book titled “Published.”. He’s also the founder & CEO of Self-Publishing School, the #1 online resource for writing your first book. Through his books, training videos, and Self-Publishing School, he’s helped thousands of people on their journey to writing their first book.
Jesse is a millionaire mentor, and improve philosopher, former MMA fighter turned entrepreneur and also the author of The Upgraded Life and the Mind Vitamin Library among other things. Without attending high school, college or any other educational institution Jesse's experience and perspective comes from a lifetime of focus on results, not theory. Now he mentors people from all walks of life one how to be happier, healthier, wealthier, and wiser.
James Walpole is the marketing and communications manager at BitPay, the world’s leading processor of bitcoin payments. He joined the BitPay team at age 18 after opting out of attending college. He’s a graduate of the startup apprenticeship program Praxis and writes at the Praxis blog and jameswalpole.com
Kyle is the founder of Conversion Cake, a business that he started while still in school that specializes in content strategy and and sales funnels. He is also the author of The College Entrepreneur, which is a book on how to leverage your university to build a business, escape the rat race and live life on your own terms. In the past he worked as a content manager for WP Curve and he helped them grow to nearly one billion in annual recurring revenue.
Troy is an online marketing speaker, coach, consultant, and podcaster. He specializes in helping businesses and entrepreneurs use the internet to attract new customers and build their communities. Some notable things he's accomplished: he managed the marketing strategy for Jessica Watson, the 16 year old Australian girl who sailed around the world, he helped FebFast (an Australian based health challenge program) raise over one million dollars in 2011 and 2012, and he is also a professional voice over artist, and he has voiced campaigns for hundreds of brands including Ford, Telstra Hungry Jacks, Mitsubishi, and more. His current project is called Rockstar Empires, which is a course on how to create your own course and sell it online.
Zachary Slayback is an entrepreneur who writes on issues of education, innovation, and philosophy. He is an Ivy League dropout and speaks regularly on education, college, how and why to foster more entrepreneurship, and issues related to professional development. He believes that entrepreneurs are the primary actors of social change.
Zak is also founding team member of Praxis and He was one of LinkedIn’s most influential voices on education in 2015 and has been published at Newsweek, the New York Examiner, the Daily Caller, the Pittsburgh Post Gazette, the Christian Science Monitor, the Foundation for Economic Education’s Anything Peaceful and many other publications. he has also appeared on The Glenn Beck Program and HuffPost Live.
Tim Chermak is the co-founder of Platform, a digital marketing agency for real estate professionals. He’s also the author of Main Street Marketing and High Hanging Fruit. Tim is passionate about entrepreneurship, marketing, liberty, and Chipotle burritos.
At 17, Diana was the youngest to be accepted into Praxis, a program for entrepreneurial thinkers with an acceptance rate of about 10%. Within two months after starting, she was hired at MailLift, a handwritten letter service. Within her first month of training at MailLift, Diana took on managing $100k in accounts. The Quarter that Diana joined the team was MailLift’s most profitable quarter ever and Diana led with top sales numbers and now she is managing sales full time for Mail Lift.
When she’s not helping grow a startup, you can find Diana longboarding with friends, walking her two dogs, sitting in a coffee shop behind her laptop, watching The Office or Parks and Recreation, and traveling and adventuring
Kylon shares the 5 things he has learned interviewing over 20 Successful Dropouts since the show launched. Here's to 20 more and beyond!
Today’s guest is Katya Sarmiento - she’s an expert in technology and systems for online businesses. She’s the founder of ReachAndMakeMillions.com which provides done-for-you tech services for successful, booked out entrepreneurs and coaches that want to scale up their business and start earning passive income.
With her help as Chief Tech Officer, Katya's clients have grown their list by thousands of subscribers in just a matter of a few months, launched telesummits and hosted webinars without tech issues, created multiple passive income revenue streams, and launched modern, high-converting websites and back-end sales funnels that sell.
She is now on a mission to help other entrepreneurs spend less time making more money and changing the world, so that they can have more time for their personal life and build the business of their dreams.
This week's FAF is a little different. After an attempt to create a regular episode failed due to a long work day that left Kylon exhausted of all advice-giving-skills, his wife and sister take over the mic and start asking him random questions.
Isaac is an entrepreneur, thinker, and communicator dedicated to the relentless pursuit of freedom, and an advocate of self directed learning and living. He is the founder and CEO of Praxis, an intensive nine-month program combining a paid apprenticeship at a startup with personal coaching, professional development projects, and interdisciplinary education leading directly to a full time job offer for those who want more than college.
He is the author of six books, and he is also is the host of The Isaac Morehouse Podcast where he talks about education, entrepreneurship, big ideas, how to put them into practice and how to live free.
When he’s not with his wife and kids or traveling the country he’s smoking cigars, playing guitar or watching sports.
Kylon has his younger sister, Chelann Gienger on the show to talk about why she dropped out of college to pursue entrepreneurship.
Chau has been an entrepreneur for 10 years. In 2005 he co founded Campus Special which was recognized by Inc. Magazine as one of the fastest growing private companies in the US for four consecutive years. In 2014 Campus Special was acquired by a public company and Chau moved on to start his current venture, HireWire which is the first on-demand hiring marketplace connecting hourly job seekers to potential employers. HireWire has also raised 3.8 million dollars in funding to date to tackle on demand hiring.
Kylon shares an incredibly simple three step formula to help you be anything, do anything, and have anything in a shorter period of time, with less work. It's all about FOCUS.
Clearly define what you want to be, do, and have. Write this down! Get REALLY REALLY clear!
Eliminate anything in your life that doesn't help you achieve what you want to be, do, and have. Also ADD anything that will help you achieve those goals.
Automate and delegate as much as possible.
Jake is the author of the book Off The Beaten Trail which comes out September 38th, 2016. It's an inspiring memoir about his journey leaving college and backpacking through Central America. He's a a social media strategist and blogger at Launchbox 365 which is an organization dedicated to bridging the gap between millennial and managers in the work place. He has an incredible story to share and he is definitely a world changer!
Kylon tells a compelling story on why you should never let go of your dreams.
William McCanless is a high-school dropout with no college education that accidentally became a high-converting direct response copywriter and online marketer after being fired from every normal job he's ever had. Currently living in Thailand, traveling the world, and trying not to drink too much with doe-eyed Swedish backpacker girls, William is currently making the transition from reference-only copywriter, only known in small high-paying circles, to product creator and teacher. In the next month, he'll be debuting a brand new high-end course called The Dark Art of Copywriting: Embracing The Power of Persuasion in which he'll teach the driving psychology behind what makes copywriting work and how to use this power for your business, personal life, and social interactions
Kylon invites his wife on the show to talk about the big mistake they both made regarding her education and what they learned from it. Beware not to do the same!
Omar is the co-founder of the $100 MBA, one of the largest alternative business education platforms online. He's also the host of the iTunes Best of 2014 podcast The $100 MBA Show. The $100 MBA show has delivered 700 lessons and counting to over 50,000 daily listeners. Omar is also the co-founder of WebinarNinja, an all-inclusive, easy to use webinar platform that allows you to create a webinar in 10 seconds flat. He also loves 80s music and high-fives.
This week on Fast Advice Fridays we take a look at Rob Galvin's up and coming Digital Entrepreneur Career Fair where you will have access to over 40 successful online entrepreneurs and learn what it takes to build a career online. No, you don't have to graduate college and work a 9 to 5 office job. You can make a great living online, working from anywhere, setting your own hours, and being your own boss. Let the people who are already doing it teach you how! Get your free ticket at degreefreecareers.com
Shane's entrepreneurial journey started in 2006 when he dropped out out of university. He went from offline business in the hardware market, to e-commerce, to affiliate niche sites, and from hungry and desperate, to well fed and successful. Now, he created and sells software and information products for a living. He's sold thousands of copies of his products and he's built up a business from absolute scratch to 7-figures and beyond.